Saltwater Electric eels?

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toehead11183

toehead11183

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I am about to get a SA electric eel and i was talking to my dad about it. he asked if it was salt or freshwater. we got into an arguement whether or not the electric eel is fresh or salt.
ARE THERE ANY SALTWATER ELECTRIC EELS?
 
I'm pretty sure the only genus of them is found in South/Central American freshwater rivers and tributaries. Maybe they still occupy the mouths of some of these and are in water with a strong salt content. Maybe there even exists a full saltwater species, but I've never heard of it. Embrace the power of Google.
 
Actually they are not eels at all. They are huge knifefish. How big is the tank? You know they can kill you.
 
The electric eels you are talking about are pure freshwater. There are electric saltwater fish (mostly skates and rays) and other electric freshwater fish (catfish).

What you are about to buy is going to be a 6 foot plus animal that will have the ability to kill you, so please be careful!!
 
he's 30" now, will arrive tuesday. I'll keep it in a 150 for a few years until i can upgrade. I've already got everything plugged into power strips with circuit breaker. i got me a pair of rubber gloved from my dad. they are cement gloves, and pretty thick. i got a BIG net with a PVC pipe handle.
The tank is a waiting with some apple snails and a female betta who should feel like king of the world in a 150(for now!)

By the way, are their any doctors in the house? (just in case my wife needs to ask questions before the ambulance arrives!)
 
toehead11183;1297899; said:
how is this possible?
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ummm . . .maybe lunacy?

Electric eels shouldn't be screwed around with.
I had the opportunity to buy one (12'') back when I lived in Fairbanks, AK.
After doing plenty of research I decided not to. Dying is not cool.

I'm not a wuss. I've been stung by lions, stonefish, rabbitfish, urchins, man-o-wars. I've had thumbnails smashed by lungfish and arm hairs ripped out by clownfish. Hazards of the hobby and the trade and I'm cool with that. But dying because a huge knifefish hiccups. . .not cool.

tis a beautiful fish though, kind of sessile for my tastes but to each his own.

good luck man!
 
revkkoolaid;1325122; said:
I'm not a wuss. I've been stung by lions, stonefish, rabbitfish, urchins, man-o-wars. I've had thumbnails smashed by lungfish and arm hairs ripped out by clownfish. Hazards of the hobby and the trade and I'm cool with that. But dying because a huge knifefish hiccups. . .not cool.
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i will give you a lol and an amen on that :ROFL:
 
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